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tiktok: Canada orders TikTok’s Canadian business to be dissolved but won’t block app

Canada announced Wednesday it won't block access to the popular video-sharing app TikTok but is ordering the dissolution of its Canadian business after...

tiktok: French families sue TikTok over alleged failure to remove harmful content

Seven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content...

YouTube: Google defeats UK trademark lawsuit over YouTube Shorts name

Google on Thursday defeated a trademark lawsuit brought by a British short film company over YouTube's short video platform Shorts, with London's High...

Alphabet: Alphabet’s Q3 revenue growth likely to slow as competition pressures Search, YouTube

Alphabet will likely post its slowest revenue growth in four quarters on Tuesday, hurt by competition that weighed on its core Google Search...

TikTok: TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads,...

Bits & Bytes: Tesla unveils robotaxi, pledges it ‘before 2027’

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s self-driving robotaxi this week, predicting that it would be available by 2027. Musk said the fully electric car —...

TikTok was aware of risks kids and teens face on its platform, legal document alleges

TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time...

TikTok: TikTok sued by 13 US states and DC, accused of harming younger users

TikTok faces new lawsuits filed by 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, accusing the popular social media platform of...

TikTok: US states accuse TikTok of harming young users

A group of 14 US states on Tuesday filed lawsuits accusing TikTok of ensnaring young users with addictive features, then harming their minds...

EU citizens: Facebook, YouTube and TikTok users in Europe get forum to challenge social media content decisions

Social media users in the European Union will soon have a new forum to challenge decisions by platforms to remove posts and videos...

Digital Services Act: EU requests info from YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok on content algorithms

The EU Commission requested information on Wednesday from YouTube, Snapchat and TikTok on the parameters used by their algorithms to recommend content to...